Cannabis

Stop the Violence BC is a coalition of academics, past/present members of law enforcement, and the general public concerned about the links between cannabis prohibition in BC and the growth of organized crime and related violence in the province.

Narcotic drugs taken for recreational purposes were, until comparatively recently, mainly associated with the 'Orient'. They were used in Europe only by 'Orientals' and some adventurous and transgressive literati, though they were also hidden in patent medicines and tonics.

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The Vancouver Island Compassion Society is a non-profit group dedicated to supplying affordable, medical-grade cannabis to patients throughout Victoria and Vancouver Island and to promote research into the use of medicinal marijuana, THC, and other cannabinoids.